Florida: Hialeah Gardens Shooting leaves one dead, two injured

Florida, United States

One man died Tuesday and two others were seriously injured in a shooting near a hardware store Hialeah Gardens, in the southeast of Florida (US), the authorities have informed.

The events took place in the car park and in the vicinity of a branch of DIY store, where the deceased man was apparently shot in the head and two others were to be transferred to Jackson Memorial Hospital, local media reported.

Police officers from Hialeah Gardens, province of Miami-Dade and a squad of firefighters appeared at the scene of the event.

The trigger for the shooting could be a disagreement among workers that escalated until the gunfire attack occurred, according to several witnesses, Channel 7 News reported.

One of the men involved in the shooting was riding a bicycle and the other was wearing a helmet.

Footage from the aforementioned channel showed a man lying on the floor near the store and covered in yellow plastic.

The police have not made any arrests yet. EFE

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